High Court grants interim injunction
Mr Justice Nicol has today handed down judgment in the case of ERY v Associated Newspapers Limited, granting an interim injunction to the Claimant preventing the publication of information regarding a police investigation into the… Read More »
Rahman libel trial commences
The trial of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s libel and harassment claim against ARY Network Ltd, the UK broadcaster of Urdu news channel ARY News, and its Chief Operating Officer, Fayaz Ghafoor, begins today in the High Court…. Read More »
Malicious Prosecution claim succeeds
A man who brought proceedings against his former landlord after a false allegation of assault was made against him won his claim for malicious prosecution, following a three-day County Court trial. The Claimant, Paramjit Basuta,… Read More »
Libel success for President of Sikh Gurdwara
Gurmail Singh Malhi, the President of London’s largest Sikh Gurdwara, (Sri Guru Singh Sabha) has succeeded in his libel complaint against Des Pardes Weekly (which describes itself as the UK and Europe’s first and most… Read More »
Conference 5RB 2016
Conference5RB was held on 29 September 2016 at IET Savoy Place. Chambers has been holding a media law conference every two years since our first conference in 2006. This year we were delighted to welcome over… Read More »
Judge grants Middleton injunction
Pippa Middleton was today granted an injunction to prevent information hacked from her iCloud account from being published. Ms Middleton was told of the hack by journalists from The Sun last Friday, and immediately obtained… Read More »
5RB Welcomes Tom Blackburn SC (Australia)
5RB is pleased to announce that Tom Blackburn SC (Australia) is joining Chambers as a tenant from 5 September 2016. Tom is one of the leading media law and defamation silks in Australia. He has… Read More »
Court of Appeal overturns Simpson strike out
The Court of Appeal has today overturned the decision of Mr Justice Warby to strike out Mirror Group’s plea of justification in the libel claim brought by Leicester City footballer Danny Simpson. Mr Simpson is… Read More »
Cheshire West Contemnor Jailed
On Wednesday 20 July 2016, sitting at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Mr Justice Soole found Robert Pickthall to be in flagrant contempt of an order imposed by Mr Justice Holroyde in November 2015 on… Read More »
Wafic Saïd settles Data Protection Act claim against Barclays
Mr Wafic Saïd has discontinued his legal action against Barclays Bank after the bank apologised to him for the way it ended their banking relationship and clarified the basis for its decision. An agreed joint… Read More »
UPDATED – Conference5RB 2016 Programme
Conference5RB 2016 will take place on Thursday, 29 September 2016 at IET Savoy Place, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL. Conference5RB will be accredited with 6.5 hours CPD, and will provide an update on a wide variety… Read More »
5RB at the London Legal Walk 2016
On 16 May the 5RB team of Matthew Nicklin QC, Alexandra Marzec, Adam Speker, Victoria Simon-Shore, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos, Jake Rudman, Justin Simon and Bella (our four-legged walker) took part in the… Read More »
Supreme Court upholds PJS injunction
The Supreme Court today, by a majority of 4-1, allowed the appeal of PJS and continued the injunction to prevent reporting until trial or further order. PJS is a married celebrity who sought an injunction… Read More »
Journalist succeeds in overturning police warning
A journalist has succeeded in revoking a Prevention from Harassment Warning issued by the police after a two year battle. Gareth Davies, a journalist at the Croydon Advertiser, and Local World (the publisher of the Croydon… Read More »
Privacy: Statements in open court
In Webb v Lewis Silkin LLP the court was asked to consider the principles which applied where a claimant who had settled a claim for misuse of private information and breach of confidence wished to make… Read More »
Sun phone-hacking claims to proceed
Claimants will be allowed to bring claims for alleged phone-hacking by the Sun newspaper, following a decision by Mann J on Thursday 28 April 2016. The Judge’s ruling permits claims to be brought against News Group… Read More »
New decision on serious harm
On 26 April 2016 Mr Justice Warby handed down judgment following the trial of preliminary issues in the case of (1) Khalid Undre, (2) Down to Earth London Ltd v London Borough of Harrow [2016]… Read More »
Murderer named on media application
On Friday 22 April 2016 James Fairweather was convicted of murder by a jury in the Crown Court at Guildford. Fairweather had previously admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in relation to two… Read More »
10th Annual 5RB Quiz
5RB hosted its 10th annual charity pub quiz last night, to raise funds for the Bar Pro Bono Unit and the Free Representation Unit (FRU). Teams from many leading solicitors firms and media organisations competed over seven rounds of… Read More »
Ministry of Defence succeed in defence of privacy claim
A privacy claim brought by a former Commander of a Royal Navy warship was today dismissed by Nicol J. In a judgment handed down today following the trial last month, the Court concluded that the Claimant, David Axon,… Read More »